Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-18

that committee to report it back with the
amendment published in yesterdays Re-
GISTER.
Mr.. McCallister moved to amend the
amendment by including in addition to
Ohio county, the county OF Cabell.
Mr.. McCreery opposed the motion and
resolution and said substantially as fol-
| lows:
M'CREERY'S SPEECH.
Mr. PREsIDENT:-I desire to discuss for
short time the bill and amendment
offered by the Senators from Ohio and
Cabell In doing so, hope the Senate
will indulge me for a few minutes. l
noticed an article in the Lteiigencer yes
terday, stating that l had occupied the
tine of the Senate for twelve hours in dis
cussing this bill and the prohibitory
amendment proposed and that, you know,
gentlemen, is false. In addition to the
time have already consumed upon this
great question, will ask your attention
and consideration for few minutes.
"Mr. President, the gentlemen who at
the last session, and some of them at the
present, upon the floor of the Senate, said
our Constitution provides for the passage
of law for regulating and prohibiting the
sale of intoxicating liquors within the
limits of this State and that if the friends
of the submission measure would prepare
aud present bill for the prohibition OF the
sale of liquor that they would vote for it.
The bill Is now before you and ready to be
placed upon its passage and what do we
find? These same gentlemen opposing its
passage or offering amendments that will
make the bill imperative in some of the
counties Of the State. Why should We
discriminate between counties? Why not
pass the law to apply to the whole State?
The constitution provides for prohibiting
the sale within the limits of the State and
we should so pass the law.
''If the Senate should adopt the amend
ments which would except certain counties
then it is unnecessary to pass the bill. Mr..
President, think the Senate made mis-
take in not submitting House Joint ResO-
luton No. to vote of the people and
now should do the next best thing they
can do for the good of the people of the
State.
1--WE cannot reckon revenue and the
| interests of the whisky dealers against the
general welfare aud happiness of the
maSses. Think of the great distress and
unhappiness of many families in this State
caused by the traffic of liquors, the great
enemy of good order aud the destroyer of
homes. 1t is the duty of all Legislatures
to pass laws for the protection of our
homes and our children.
"Mr. President, if this Senate will pass
this bill it will be a great blessing to the
laboring classes of our people, and instead
of them spending their money for whisky
they will use it to buy bread, meat and
clothing for their families The labOTing
men of this valley as well as
in all portions of the State will he greatly
benefited by it's becoming law. hope
it will be the pleasure of this Senate to
pass the bill and advance one step further
to protect the homes of the people of our
State and strike another blow at this
destroyer of human life and thereby ad-
vance the general interest and welfare of
! the State. We all have seen the evil effects
of intoxicating liquors, and now let us do
our duty by passing this prOhibitOry law
TO suppress the evil as far as we can"
| Before
VOTE ON THE MOTION
had been reached, the hour of eleven o. clock
had arrived. Mr.. McCallister called for
! the announcement Of the vote on agreeing
| to the Constitutional amendment prohibit
ing the manufacture and sale OF liquors
within this State, and the Clerk of the
| SSUalc ICdu luc NOlC iOhONS
AYEs-Arnold, Bond, Brown, Carr, Daw-
son, Furbee, Gwynn, Maxwell, Minear,
Morris, Morrison, McCreery, Snyder,
Sweeney, Switzer, VanPelt and Wood
ysrd-17.
NoES-Price, PRESIDENT, FlournOy,
Gettinger, McCallister, Oxley, Price, (of
Marshall), Scott, SOmeryille, and Unger
| g.
| PRESIDENT PRICE AND FLoURNoY FLOP.
But before the result of the vote had
been announced by the chair, President
Price said "Mr. Clerk desire to change
nv vote. vote aye Messrs. Sommer-
vile and Flournoy then changed their
vote and voted aye, and the vote was an
nounced ayes 20, noes 6. WhereupOn the
President said:
''Two-thirds of the members elected to
the Senate having voted in the affirmative
the joint resolution is agreed to-
Mr.. SOmerville moved to reconsider the
vote by which the resolution was agreed
to, and on motion of Mr.. Dawson that mo-
ton was laid on the table by vote of Il
to g, Mr.. Sweeney not voting. On motion
of Mr.. Dawson, the prohibitory bill was
then laid on the table, and it now remains
for the people Of the State to say whether
or not we are to have prohibition in the